Out of the think tank and into the city! To wrap up our "Weekend of Not-Knowing," we are pleased to offer two themed city tours: one at the Rautenstrauch-Joest-Museum and another at the new building of the Historical Archive of the City of Cologne. The tours are free of charge, though a quick email to our organization would be helpful. Thank you!
October 25, 2026
Sunday
Guided Tour 1
Rautenstrauch-Joest Museum
The Future Is Indigenous – Indigenous Knowledge and Non-Knowledge
This exclusive guided tour of the installation The Future Is Indigenous explores various forms of knowledge and non-knowledge. Drawing on indigenous perspectives, the tour discusses questions related to colonial systems of knowledge, memory, and alternative forms of knowledge.
Maximum 20 people
With: Sebastian Ritter Choquehuanca
Start: 11:00 a.m.,
Duration: approximately 90 minutes
Meeting point: Foyer of the Rautenstrauch-Joest Museum,
Cäcilienstraße 29–33, 50667 Cologne
Language: English
Register here: info@photoszene.de
Tour 2
Historical Archive of the City of Cologne
Loss of Knowledge – The Archive Collapse and Its Consequences
Hardly any other place makes the fragility of cultural memory so vividly tangible as the Historical Archive of the City of Cologne. When the archive collapsed in 2009, millions of archival records were buried under the rubble. This behind-the-scenes look tells the story of an extraordinary process of recovery, restoration, and reconstruction—and of how to deal with loss, gaps, and knowledge that has been irretrievably lost.
Maximum 20 people
With: Christine Feld (archivist)
Start: 11:00 a.m.
Meeting point: Main entrance of the Historical Archive of the City of Cologne,
Eifelwall 5, 50674 Cologne
Language: German
Register here: info@photoszene.de